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Identifying Pluralistic Approaches in Language Subjects in Denmark, Norway, and Sweden -- A Comparative Curriculum Analysis
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Drachmann, Natascha; Haukås, Åsta; Lundberg, Adrian – Language, Culture and Curriculum, 2023
In Scandinavia, plurilingualism has been embraced as an important goal in language curricula. However, research shows that teachers struggle to understand what plurilingualism is and how it can be implemented. To address this lack of clarity, we analysed the curricula for the three main language subjects of schooling in Denmark, Norway, and Sweden…
Descriptors: Comparative Education, Teaching Methods, Mutual Intelligibility, Foreign Countries
Iceland's Language Technology: Policy versus Practice
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Hilmarsson-Dunn, Amanda M.; Kristinsson, Ari P. – Current Issues in Language Planning, 2009
Iceland's language policies are purist and protectionist, aiming to maintain the grammatical system and basic vocabulary of Icelandic as it has been for a thousand years and to keep the language free of foreign (English) borrowings. In order to use Icelandic in the domain of information technology, there has been a major investment in language…
Descriptors: Computational Linguistics, Basic Vocabulary, Information Technology, Indo European Languages
Iceland. OECD Reviews of National Policies for Education.
Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development, Paris (France). – 1987
Three general concerns of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) examiners in preparing this first review of Iceland's educational system were that: (1) education contribute to the broader social and economic culture; (2) it differentiate itself from the educational forms of other countries in response to Iceland's…
Descriptors: Educational Assessment, Educational Needs, Educational Objectives, Educational Planning